Vault file says "location is not available" and can't be accessed after deleting it from vault selection menu

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#1

Hi everybody.

I am having a lot of trouble accessing the root folder for a vault I deleted from the vault selection menu through the “X” on the top-right part of the vault’s card. Ever since I have done this, I receive the message: C:\XX\XX\XX is not available. If the location is on this computer, verify if the device or unit is connected… The message can be seen next (though it is in Portuguese).

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With this, I can’t copy, paste, change the folder’s name, or even delete it. However, when I access it through Obsidian, the program recognizes all files within.

Does anyone know what happened and how I can fix this?

Thanks!

#2

  1. Where do you get that error message? In Windows file explorer?

  2. If you can still access the notes in Obsidian, open the 3-vertical-dots menu and select Show in system explorer. Does it open an explorer window? Is it the one you’re missing?

#3

Hi @macedotavares

The answers to your question are:

  1. Yes. I receive this message in Windows File Explorer.

  2. I did what you suggested and selected “Show in System Explorer” but nothing happened.

Futhermore, I find it strange that I receive this message only for this folder and none else in my computer. I tried to check if I had any problems with my HD, any currupted file or something else, but no problem at all was found.

#4

That is odd indeed.

So, just to make sure I got it straight:

  • You get that “Location Unavailable” error message when you try to access the vault folder on Windows.
  • You can access your notes through Obsidian, but it refuses to shown them in the system explorer.

If this is correct, I suspect something’s wrong with Windows itself, and not Obsidian. As a last troubleshooting step, have you tried searching for a known note name (like 2020-11-30.md or something) in Windows search?

Other than that, I can only suggest you try these fixes, but without knowing the cause or the specifics of your system, it’s more of a hail Mary routine than a serious solution.

#5

@LauroAJO Unfortunately, I don’t know how to help you.
When you remove a vault from Obsidian, we just remove it from our config files. We don’t touch the directory in any way.

#6

I came here looking for an answer and am having the exact same problem.

#7

Are you on Windows too?

#8

I would suggest opening a #bug-reports with as much info on how to reproduce this as possible

#9

The only thing that comes into my mind is if you used some weird character in the path and it is confusing windows.

#10

Probably going to be the special character, I had the same issue using a fullstop on a folder name.